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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Health Survey for England, 2013
Variable Details
| Variable | PalCare | |||||||||||||||
| Label | Whether palliative care service was used | |||||||||||||||
| Question text | Was a palliative care service used for this person? | |||||||||||||||
| Responses |
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | |||||||||||||||
| Location | Health Survey for England, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | "A palliative care service aims to comfort, not to cure, to relieve pain and distress for people who are dying and to support patients, families and friends in approaching death and coping with grief. Typical services include: hospice, visits from Marie Curie or/and Macmillan nurses." | |||||||||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Adults (aged 16 and over) and children (aged 0-15 years) in the general population, living in private households in England during 2013. | |||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample | |||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; The survey is conducted annually. |
